The Burden of Unshakeable Proof

Craig Adams
Vanessa Peters and her producer/engineer/keyboard player/drummer Rip Rowan have created an album of songs full of sharp, relatable lyrics and beautiful melodies. Magnifico!
Favorite track: Cage.

Gary Shaw
Vanessa Peters is one of my all time favorite singers, and this album has so many great songs on it. Her lyrics are emotionally charged, and the music is awesome. It's a must have for anyone looking for some great music!
Favorite track: Paralysis Bug.

Stefan Valica
I like this song, because I feel connected to this song in some way. It is like I should change my disguise, even though I don't know which one. Thanx a lot for this song. U r excellent musician and I am happy to ur fan.
Favorite track: Change Your Disguise.

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hair so blonde it’s nearly white
like the siding on the house that’s faded outside
the room too full of morning light
you can't crawl back in bed and cry, not ’til tonight

the warm summer sky splitting open wide
while all of the years got stuffed back inside
in a drawer labeled "black hole"
the evidence vanishes to where god knows

and the papers were signed
I’m sure that he was waving
but I don’t have that scene
available for playing
and all of these years of feeling sorry
for something
but not sure what

and some sort of half-buried truth
the smell of fermentation
and half-rotted fruit
the heavy weight of expectation
that fell on all of us
the burden of unshakeable proof

the papers were signed
I’m sure that he was waving
but I don’t have that scene
available for playing
and all these years of feeling sorry
for something
but not sure what

all of these years
I’m sorry
but not sure why

Track Name: Let's Do This

let’s do this

pull off the screwed on top and watch the bubbles burst watch the liquid fizz and feel your heart immersed in all the crazy hiss of a thousand tiny words whispered in your ear by a thousand tiny birds who were flying oh so near

but they came a little closer they lift up their tiny wings
their humminghearts were whirring, you couldn't hear a thing

let's do this, we can fix it, we’ve only got to twist it, bend it make it fit into the box we've made for it, we've got this and we gotta try, there's nothing left but do or die, we've got to pull this off, we’ve got to pull this off

and don't even try to stop me cause I won't stand for it and I won't be slain, I am not a heart to be won, I'm not the sleeve you’re gonna wear it on, I’m not hiding out in dark caves on the outskirts of the city while it burns. I am not a script you're gonna study, I'm not a lesson to be learned.

but they came a little closer, they were flying oh so near
and you could hear a pin drop, and everything was clear

let's do this, we can fix it, we’ve only got to twist it, bend it make it fit into the box we've made for it, we've got this and we gotta try, there's nothing left but do or die, we've got to pull this off, we’ve got to pull this off

but oh what fun it was when days were long and full of sun
when knees were scraped and friends were made and then friendships came undone…

Track Name: Delicate

delicate

some of us are warriors
and some are diplomats
some of spend all our time trying to make everyone else laugh
and some of us are unforgiving
life has made us harsh, unyielding
with sad faces twisted into wrath

but we're all strangely delicate,
fighting wars but crumbling underneath our guilt
we're all strangely delicate,
we have no weapons or defense against any of this

and some of us got tired of trying
easier to just start lying
so we found ourselves alone, without our better halves
and knees got skinned, we started crying
started contemplating dying
and stopped running, halfway down the path

but we're all strangely delicate,
breaking hearts and crumbling underneath the guilt
we're all strangely delicate,
punching walls and wondering how the hell we got into this

and all the things you can't get done
and all the things you can't undo
cause you shame....
shame shame shame shame shame
it's such a shame that we're
always assigning blame when we're all…

strangely delicate, fighting wars but crumbling underneath the guilt
we're all strangely delicate, we have no weapons or defense against any of this

Track Name: 206 Bones

206 bones

pockets full of spare keys
to houses I don't live in anymore
they weigh me down completely
but I cannot seem to let them take their leave of me

and after so long of carrying sharp words on my tongue
I've earned the right to be earnest
when you pare it down to the last few things
the last few things to get done are always the hardest

two hundred and six bones
only one heart

and when the wood house it burns down
all that's left are bolts and hinges, nails and screws
we couldn't hold it all together
when the flame, it lit the fuse

two hundred and six bones
only one heart

and lately we work all the time
to keep our hearts from getting broke
afraid of missing out
afraid of letting go

paralysis bug bit me deep inside
no marks on the skin, it burrowed deep within
tunneling left and right and up and down
and freezing everything without making a sound

and I couldn't get myself up out of this chair
I couldn't even brush my hair
I couldn't do anything but stare
at the wall in front of me

paralysis bug is swift and sharp
drove its pointy teeth and claws right into my heart
and though I took the pills at the start of every day
like a good girl

and I couldn't get myself up out of this chair
I couldn't even brush my hair
I couldn't do anything but stare
at the wall in front of me

and they haven't found a cure
it's a puzzle they can't solve
they figure that it must be me
and it's a guilt they won't absolve

and I couldn't get myself up out of this chair
I couldn't make myself care
I couldn't do anything but stare
as the walls closed in on me

and I couldn't get myself up out of this chair
I couldn't even brush my hair
I couldn't do anything but stare
at the wall in front of me

Track Name: Cage

cage

the sadness runs along underneath
a million volt wire you're afraid to touch
throbbing just below your chest bones
you think the shock would kill you
but it turns out it's just a buzz
‘cause the heart is just a muscle
hurting ‘cause it's guarding
something else that's buried deep inside
and you cannot dig your way to it
you can't tunnel that far
you can't reach out to the other side

but you come to visit me sometimes
and you rattle at the gate
and I throw rations across the lines
and we sit around and wait
for a jailer to set us free
from a cage that we create

and I see comments you left and you see the words I wrote
and we pass the chalk back and forth and sometimes you leave a note
and it's like we're in some strange suspense of past and present tense
in an on-screen world surrounded by its electric fence

but you come to visit me sometimes
you rattle at the gate
and I throw rations across the lines
and we sit around and wait
for a jailer to set us free
from a cage that we create

and I keep my eyes peeled
for the glimpse of steel
and the dagger in the woods
and I watch my back
‘cause I know that
you would stab it if you could

but you come to visit me sometimes
you wear your name tag boldly
and I, I cover mine
and we sit around and wait
for a jailer to set us free from a cage that we create

and you come to visit me sometimes
and you rattle at the gate
but I am safe here on the other side
and we sit around and wait
for a jailer to set us free
from a cage that we create

Track Name: Mending Fences

mending fences

mending fences
while throwing wrenches
into well-oiled machines
driving horses
down well-traveled courses
never gets you what need

and I don't know when everything became impossible
don't know when everything became an obstacle
maybe I just ran out of steam
maybe I just woke up from a long long dream

and how can anyone not look about them
and not feel the world come crashing down
the strange sensation of shaking foundations
is driving us underground

and I don't know when everything became impossible
don't know when everything became an obstacle
maybe I just ran out of steam
or maybe I just woke up from a long long dream

we've come untethered
we've come undone
but still we march to battle
flags held high
we’re always fighting wars
that can't be won
but we've stopped asking why

and I don't know when everything became impossible
don't know when everything became an obstacle
maybe I just ran out of steam
maybe I just woke up from a long long dream
or maybe I am trapped inside a long long dream

Track Name: Maudlin Laundry

maudlin laundry

you are the queen of maudlin laundry
you hang it on the line for everyone to see
but it’s still dirty
sometimes I ask myself why you are so honest

it wouldn't hurt to hide a detail or two
but you hardly ever tell the whole truth
sometimes I ask myself if you are so honest

‘cause just once I'd like to find the smoking gun
and just once I'd like to see you come undone

you've got a badge of hurt at least a mile wide
you've got a purple heart from wounded pride
you've got an ugly scar that you don’t try to hide

but just once I'd like to find the smoking gun
and just once I'd like to see you come undone

Track Name: Atmosphere

atmosphere

the sky is always looming ready to fall straight down
there's so much of it all around me in this broken little town
and the belts have come unfastened that used to strap us in
we're falling through the black night they'll never hold us down again

‘cause we're soaring through the blue sky
we’re streaking through the air
we’re tearing through the atmosphere
as though we didn't have a care

and we always love the most in the hours before I’m gone
the dark car ride to the airport just this side of dawn
and the freshly painted lines down the newly paved road
signal you which way to go but they never point you home

and now we're soaring through the blue sky
we’re streaking through the air
we’re tearing through the atmosphere
as though we didn't have a care

and the constant parade of information marching across my screen
makes every human interaction seem mechanical and mean

but we're soaring through the blue sky
we’re streaking through the air
we’re tearing through the atmosphere
as though we didn't have a care